American college football season
The 2016 Indiana State Sycamores football team represented Indiana State University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season . They were led by fourth-year head coach Mike Sanford and played their home games at Memorial Stadium . They were a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference . They finished the season 4–7, 2–6 in MVFC play to finish in a three-way tie for eighth place.
On December 16, head coach Mike Sanford resigned[ 1] to join the staff at WKU where his son, Mike Sanford Jr. , had recently been named the head coach. Sanford leaves Indiana State with a four year record of 18–30.
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 3 3:00 pm Butler * ESPN3 W 41–255,625 September 10 12:00 pm at Minnesota * ESPNews L 28–5841,026 September 17 7:00 pm at Southeast Missouri State * OVCDN W 27–247,637 September 24 3:00 pm No. 9 Illinois State Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN ESPN3 W 34–316,561 October 1 3:00 pm Missouri State No. 24 Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN ESPN3 L 24–456,871 October 8 4:00 pm at No. 13 Western Illinois ESPN3 L 35–365,487 October 15 3:00 pm South Dakota Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN ESPN3 L 30–33 2OT 3,297 October 22 3:00 pm at Southern Illinois ESPN3 W 22–149,603 October 29 2:00 pm at Youngstown State ESPN3 L 10–1315,082 November 5 1:00 pm Northern Iowa Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN ESPN3 L 6–393,409 November 12 3:30 pm at No. 4 North Dakota State ESPN3 L 17–4118,276
1 2 3 4 Total Bulldogs 0 6 6 13 25 Sycamores 14 3 21 3 41
1 2 3 4 Total Sycamores 7 0 14 7 28 Golden Gophers 14 24 10 10 58
At Southeast Missouri State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Sycamores 7 3 3 14 27 Redhawks 7 3 7 7 24
1 2 3 4 Total #9 Redbirds 0 7 7 17 31 Sycamores 7 10 7 10 34
1 2 3 4 Total Bears 10 14 7 14 45 #24 Sycamores 14 10 0 0 24
At Western Illinois [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Sycamores 7 7 21 0 35 #13 Leathernecks 0 20 7 9 36
1 2 3 4 OT 2OT Total Coyotes 17 0 10 0 3 3 33 Sycamores 10 0 7 10 3 0 30
At Southern Illinois [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Sycamores 3 7 6 6 22 Salukis 7 0 0 7 14
At Youngstown State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Sycamores 10 0 0 0 10 Penguins 0 6 0 7 13
1 2 3 4 Total Panthers 13 14 6 6 39 Sycamores 0 3 3 0 6
At North Dakota State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Sycamores 0 7 0 10 17 #4 Bison 21 13 7 0 41
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